It is normal to be nervous.

I do not consider my self as having mastered the flute, but I get a real kick out of trying.

Being unprepared heightens nerves.

Running through things because you are familiar with them, breeds routine and this is the seed of boredom.

Everyone who plays the flute should learn singing.

The quickest way to unlock your talent is to take the flute out of the box.

I think it is most important for a teacher to play the pieces and studies that are being played by the student.

Taking drugs to overcome nerves is the thin edge of the wedge going in there.

Yes indeed I have gained a lot out of playing scales and etudes.

Never just run through a study because you happen to be familiar with it, but use it to see what you can get from it on this new day which has been granted you.

Control of vibrato helps your musical expression.

No matter how smart YOU THINK you are or how smart others THINK that you are, you're never going to be somewhere OR someone you're not. _nickc

Nothing in life or love slipped easily into the tidy little box of his expectations.

You can't undo the past... but you can certainly not repeat it.

The surest way of winning love is to look as if you didn't need it.

I will do everything that I can to make sure that you have good jobs, with rising incomes, that your kids have good educations from preschool through college.

The nightmare in every democracy, the very nightmare, is if it gets worse and worse and worse, we could end up totalitarian.

Opportunity has power over all things.

Many who later lost faith in Fidel Castro can remember how they once admired the man who needed just a dozen men to launch the Cuban revolution.

I look at myself and pick out the things I don't like. No matter how much I work out, I never get muscle tone in my butt and hip area.

To win the Championship in the first year will be hard. We need time to become competitive and win races.